Decodable passages
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Decodable passages are short stories that can be read by a student who knows:
- How to sound out regular words, and
- The 30 irregular words taught in the Irregular Word sequence.
Many decodable stories included in commercial reading programs are redundant and lack the authenticity of a real reading experience. We have tried to create stories that are more authentic as well as being 100% decodable. That means you can discuss the meaning of the story after reading it, building your students' comprehension skills. These stories are also more cognitively demanding and use slightly more sophisticated language than typical decodable stories. This is an opportunity to better develop your students' oral language skills. In some cases, it will require repeated readings of a passage for students to understand it fully.
FreeReading includes activities to introduce students to reading connected text (see Reading connected text accuracy (passage)) and to help students become fluent in reading connected text (see Reading connected text fluency (passage).
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Passages to practice letter combinations
We also have a selection of stories that provide practice for students who have learned the letter combinations (such as sh, oo). These sentences and passages can be read by a student who knows:
- How to sound out regular words
- The 30 irregular words taught in the Irregular Word sequence, and
- The letter combinations taught in the Letter Combination sequence
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Passages to practice advanced phonics skills, fluency, and comprehension
Click here for illustrated reading passages designed to help students practice advanced phonics skills (word families, double-letter words, silent-letter words, compound words, contractions, -ed words, -s words), fluency, and comprehension.